CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 2Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisDecember 05, 2022 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 24 to Article XVI thereof, relating to public resources. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 2, as introduced, Alanis. Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.Existing provisions of the California Constitution require the specified use of General Fund revenues, as described.This measure would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextResolved, That this measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023; and be it furtherResolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows: That Section 24 is added to Article XVI thereof, to read:SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 2Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisDecember 05, 2022 A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 24 to Article XVI thereof, relating to public resources. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACA 2, as introduced, Alanis. Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.Existing provisions of the California Constitution require the specified use of General Fund revenues, as described.This measure would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
No. 2
Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisDecember 05, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis
December 05, 2022
A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 24 to Article XVI thereof, relating to public resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACA 2, as introduced, Alanis. Public resources: Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution require the specified use of General Fund revenues, as described.This measure would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
Existing provisions of the California Constitution require the specified use of General Fund revenues, as described.
This measure would establish the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund within the State Treasury, and would require the Treasurer to annually transfer an amount equal to 3% of all state revenues that may be appropriated as described from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund. The measure would require the moneys in the fund to be appropriated by the Legislature and would require that 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for water projects, as specified, and that the other 50% of the moneys in the fund be used for forest maintenance and health projects, as specified.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
Resolved, That this measure shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Act of 2023; and be it further
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California at its 202324 Regular Session commencing on the fifth day of December 2022, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be amended as follows:
That Section 24 is added to Article XVI thereof, to read:SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.
That Section 24 is added to Article XVI thereof, to read:
###
SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.
SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.
SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.
SEC. 24. (a) The Treasurer shall annually transfer an amount equal to 3 percent of all state revenues that may be appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B, from the General Fund to the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund, which is hereby created within the State Treasury. The first annual transfer shall occur in the first fiscal year following the effective date of this section.
(b) Moneys in the Water and Wildfire Resiliency Fund are hereby continuously appropriated, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, in each fiscal year exclusively for the purposes specified in this subdivision and shall not be appropriated for any other purpose and shall not supplant existing state or local funds used for those purposes. Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature as follows:
(1) Fifty percent of the moneys in fund shall be used for water projects, including, but not limited to, water supply projects, water conveyance projects, water recycling projects, flood safety projects and levy maintenance, seismic retrofitting of existing facilities, desalination, habitat restoration projects, and projects that improve the quality of drinking water.
(2) Fifty percent of the moneys in the fund shall be used for forest maintenance and health projects, including, but not limited to, forest thinning and fuel reduction projects, projects that protect threatened communities, including, but not limited to, home hardening, defensible space, and fuel breaks, and workforce development programs for forest maintenance and fire protection.